Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-06-04
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sUNFLowER STATE NEWS.

! - Inc santa te VIII build q $4,000 depot at
Great Bend.
A company has been organized at Valley
Falls to bore for coal.
Columbus and Oswego are shipping straw
berries by the car load.
OswegO and Columbus are raising funds
for Y. n. O. A. buildings.
Huto inson has organized a fair assooia-
ton with $4,000 capital.
Topeka is increasing in population at the
rate Of over 1000 month.
The Garden City Sentinel reports good
crop prospects in Western Kansas.
The several new counties created by the
legislature last winter are now taking steps
to organize.
The Fourth Tsgims< Ki5asas NatiOnsl
Guards. will hold an sEl1aElpmont at Mime
/ apOlis, June 9TH.
Ths Wichita Journal complains that the
Methodist church controls the city govern
ment OF Wichita.
The Kansas State Soldiers Orphans home
| VII be ready for those for whom il Was in
tended after June 1.
farmers report that in some localities the
red ants are WRging a war of determination
against the ehinch bugs.
Dogs are being slaughtered by the whole
sale in Downs. A mad dog which bit a num-
ore.
The Salina papers tell Of the finding Of the
dead body OF man in the woods on Dry
| creek 1t is not known whether It vas a
! case of suicide or murder.
A new $500 depot has been erected at
| Valencia, Just aCrOFs the river from Silver
Lake, and the Rock Island has established
day and night telegraph Office there.
The Southern Kansas are running two
| day They are using the crushed rock for
ballast between Emporia and Ottawa.
Frankfort Bee: A son of Mr.. Whites, Iiv-
| ing near Barrett. was accidentally shot by
son Of Rev. Walker. The ball entered the
thigh, narrowly missing the femOral artery.
An Atchison real estate firm has lottery
scheme by which a $1,000 house will be
/ given away. Each purchaser of a lot in
certain addition will have chance to draw
the prize.
jay Henry caught 800 pounds of fish at
the late rains The fish swan in shallow
water and stuck in the mud and Jay cap
tured them with pitchfork.
Eldorado Republican: An economical
streak having struck an up town family,
they have seWed their bed-tioking winter
pettiCOat5 together and hung them around
the front porch for a sunshade.
Clark Co. Chief: A gentleman brought to
town a strange specimen of the freaks Of
nature, 5t being two perfectly developed
heads Of a lamb, having b4t one body, but
provided with eight legs and two tails
, The COlgDruIa lsmpils has been compar-
J ing the ''sheriff's" sales publish ID in the
papers from the eastern states with thcse
published IN Kansas papers, and finds the
comparison is very favorable to Kansas.
An industry that is gradually gaining
ground IN kingnan, Reno, Harper and ad-
i TTa5a~ TO- - lie.
! will probably be built in Southern Reno this
b spEing and cotton enough to run it will be
) raised.
Humboldt Union: Monday afternoon
water spout visited a section of country in
the vicinity Of Colony. The rush OF water
and other property. For one man seventeen
head OF cattle were drowned.
! Upon entering his store, at Hanover, one
morning recently, Charles Ihiele discovered
! that his safe had been blown open aud the
whole contents taken, consisting Of several
hundred dollars in money and very large
amount IN notes.
Douglas Tribune: We have seen speci
mems Of the Beaumont coal. The quality is
J all right. The only question is TO quantity.
= The shaft has been sunk twelve or fifteen
feet, and there are seVsntY-hV5 or eighty
fe of flint rock stil between the coal vein
and daylight.
The last two days OF May and the first
, two days of June will witness the largest
festival ever held in LiDdsb0Fg. The new
college building will then be dedicated I'M
der very impressive ceremonies. Visitors
from many states of the Union are expected
to be present.
Yates Center Nelgs: About two years ago
% David Phillips received from the govern
ment a tot of German carp, which he put In
his pond. They we're then very small specl-
. mems of the nnny tribe, less than one inch
in length. Saturday last he exhibited one
Of these carp, which he had caught in his
pond, that weighed over hve pounds and
was eighteen inches IN length.
Sedan Times-JoureaL. The smuggling
! | of whisky into this vicinity IN small pack
| sges by trainmen who run in here directly
from Missouri is said TO be a growing indus
/ try. It may not be so popular after few
Who are engaged in the bushes have taken
a course Of county jail and paid few hun
/ drsd dollars in fines and costs.
Las Animas Leader: sad accident has
happened at Granada. Louis Miller, be-
longing to q roundup outfit that was
] 0amDed near there, was 5hoeing his horse
and had pulled OF his revolver and laid 4
on his saddle close by The horse was wild
and while plunging struck the revolver with
his hOOfs and caused an explosion. The
ball hit Miller in the abdomen, causing
fatal wound.
Fort Scott Tribune: The district court
/ now in session in this city very expeditions
IL ended the civil freedom Of that incaEna-
ton Of Lust, J. ". Williams whose beastly
assault on q lady Of this city came precious
? near bringing about q usek-tIs party with
his neck TO do the hddiing on one string.
} without waiting on the 'laW's dsisys."
Williams WIS sentenced to twenty years In
the penitenhaFy.
WatervfIle Telegraph: The 1O-ysar-olc
son Of David Hoffman, Who lives short dis
tance north OF town, had gone 70 the river
in search Of so ne tame ducks that had wan
found of him & his footprints IN the mud
on the bank where he slipped into the river
/ and the marks where he had attempted TO
get out. As the river was quibe high at the
time it Is probabla that the body was car
rieG with the current some distance down
/ the river.
Raymond Independent: Rufner Smith
r tried to kill himself bat without success.
}, He laid wager of s. with DR.. Burden that
he c0uld eat fcrty-etght raw eggs inside @
0 thirty minutes. He won the money, and
z then showed what kind OF stun he vas made
. Of by walking over 70 the Crest Wesl5En
, hotel and giving the i've dollars 70 MILES,
the man Who lost MS loot oy me s[S E re s
! lV. Ruhner now offers 60 bet 5o95 tnas ne
can eat six dozen raw eggs inside Of bWo
hours and half.
. Usage Mission Journal Phillip 8neh'e
J; little three year old boy fell into the Vel IN
D the yard about thirty-thEes feet Geep. Sew
? sEal ropes were brought but before they
! cuHld DO made ready y. K Joyce stepped
! inside the well curb and quickly descended
5 70 the bottom of the WE'LL where ne lcuLlu
, the unfortunate child standing II water
\ abOut eighteen inches deep. A rope vas
fastened around his body and with Ids dnq
= the assistance of Mp. Joyce Who tC-loFieq
: climbing up the Wall, the child was rescued
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